India has joined a mega project – Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO).
The SKAO is not a single telescope but an array of thousands of antennas, to be installed in remote radio-quiet locations in South Africa and Australia.
It will operate as one large unit meant to observe and study celestial phenomena.
Some of the countries taking part in building the SKA include the UK, Australia, South Africa, Canada, China, France, India, Italy and Germany.